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Close Encounters With Christ
Contributed by Rick Crandall on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: What happens when people encounter the living Lord? -- We discover: 1. the majesty of our Savior (vs. 1-4). 2. the misery of our sin (vs. 5). 3. the ministry of our Savior (vs. 6-7). 4. the motivation of our Service (vs. 8).
*Isaiah could not expect many people to turn to the Lord. But in John 4:35, Jesus tells us: “The fields are white unto harvest!”
*God has given us a different mission: The Great Commission! In Mark 16:15, Jesus says: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”
-Are you trying spread the good News?
-Have you said, “Here am I. Send me!”?
*One of the best things you can do right now is invite people to Sunday School and Church this Sunday. Also invite them to stay for the pot luck dinner. In worship we will take a look at the eternal life God wants to give us in John 3.
*One of the hymns we sometimes sing shows us the invitation we need to make:
-“Come, ye sinners, poor and needy, weak and wounded, sick and sore.
-Jesus ready stands to save you, full of pity, love, and power.”
*And here’s the result: “I will arise and go to Jesus; He will embrace me with his arms; in the arms of my dear Savior, O there are ten thousand charms.” (6)
*Several years ago, my wife Mary was walking on the playground during recess at the Pre-K School. As she passed by a little 4-year-old boy on the monkey bars, he stopped climbing and said: “You see those two boys over there? -- I’m praying that they will know Jesus. They are so mean!”
*Four years old, and he is getting in on the mission! We need to get in on it too, because people desperately need to hear the Good News about Jesus Christ.
*And the more we encounter the living Lord, the more we will be motivated to say, “Here am I! -- Send me.”
*Jesus Christ is here right now. Let’s draw close to the Lord in prayer.
(1) Adapted from SermonCentral sermon “Oh I Want to See Him” by Robert Simmons - Isaiah 6:1-9
(2) Adapted from SermonCentral “Why Worship Today” by Maynard Pittendreigh - Isaiah 6 1-9)
(3) Source: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/maclaren/isa_jer.ii.i.vii.html
(4) Adapted from “Essential Truths” - p. 47 - (Source: SermonCentral sermon “The Holiness of God” by Bruce Goettsche - Isaiah 6:1-8)
(5) Adapted from SermonCentral sermon “The Holiness of God” by Bruce Goettsche - Isaiah 6:1-8
(6) COME, YE SINNERS, POOR AND NEEDY - Words: Joseph Hart, Hymns Composed on Various Subjects, 1759, alt.; refrain anonymous - Music: Restoration, from The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, by William Walker (New York: Hastings House, 1835) - Source: nethymnal.org/htm/c/o/m/comeyspn.htm
